The announcement of Plan S in September 2018 brought the issue of implementation to the forefront of discussions of open access (OA). One issue addressed in the Plan and in a number of responses to it is that of compliance: many funding bodies in North America and Europe have OA mandates, but to what extent are researchers complying with them?
The Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management was jointly released by Canada’s three major federal funding agencies – the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – in 2016. The statement of principles lays the groundwork for research data management mandates that are expected to come into effect in 2018. Canadian funders are following a larger global trend towards improving research data management. The Research Councils UK published their Common Principles on Data Policy in 2011. The US National Science Foundation has required all applicants to submit Data Management Plans since 2011.
Les trois organismes presentent les attentes de meilleurs pratiques concernant la gestion des données et les responsabilités des chercheurs, communautés de recherche, des institutions de recherche et des bailleurs de fonds de recherche.
The Tri-Agency outlines expectations of best practice with regards to data management, and responsibilities of researchers, research communities, research institutions and research funders.
Brian Owen, Associate Dean of Libraries at SFU and Managing Director of PKP, shares observations from the perspective of a past and present participant in CFI-funded projects.